Is it useful to test blood sugar every day? Besides pain, what else can it bring to people with diabetes?
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Why should we monitor blood sugar daily?
Blood sugar is like a naughty child. It changes every moment and is easily affected by diet, exercise, mood and even temperature. It needs to be patiently checked multiple times every day.
And doing a good job in daily blood sugar monitoring can effectively help blood sugar control reach the target.
Benefits of daily monitoring of blood sugar
1. Comprehensively understand the condition
Human blood sugar will be affected by many factors such as diet, exercise, drugs, and emotions. If you only measure blood sugar once in a while, it is like a blind man touching an elephant. You cannot grasp the range of blood sugar fluctuations, and you cannot understand your condition.
2. Develop a reasonable medication, diet, and exercise treatment plan
Blood glucose monitoring data can help doctors better analyze and evaluate diabetes patients' blood sugar fluctuations, pancreatic islet function, treatment effects, etc., and formulate or adjust reasonable medication, diet, and exercise plans.
3. Avoid accidents such as hypoglycemia
Blood sugar monitoring data can help people with diabetes prevent many accidents in advance. For example, when hypoglycemia occurs, sugary foods should be supplemented immediately. High blood sugar may be ketoacidosis and should seek medical treatment immediately.
4. Effectively prevent complications
For people with diabetes, the biggest threat is complications, and the most effective way to prevent complications is self-monitoring of blood sugar. It can help people with diabetes detect their own blood sugar abnormalities early and correct them in time to avoid the occurrence or development of complications.
Studies have shown that reasonable self-monitoring of blood sugar can reduce the risk of death by 51% and the risk of complications such as cardio-cerebral disease, blindness and amputation by 32%.
Monitor blood sugar every day
The official recommendations ("China Clinical Application Guidelines for Blood Glucose Monitoring" 2015 Edition) are as follows:
1. Patients with complications, pregnancy, and 1 diabetes are monitored more frequently than ordinary patients;
2. Patients taking insulin need to monitor their blood sugar more frequently than those taking oral medication;
3. Patients whose blood sugar control does not meet the target are monitored more frequently than those whose blood sugar control reaches the target;
According to blood sugar control:
1. The overall blood sugar level is high 7 times/day
The overall blood sugar level is relatively high. It is recommended to monitor blood sugar before breakfast, lunch and dinner, after meals (fasting blood sugar before breakfast), and before bedtime, focusing on monitoring fasting blood sugar.
2. Overall blood sugar control is very good 6 times/week
The overall blood sugar control is very good. It is recommended to randomly monitor blood sugar 6 times per week, such as monitoring fasting blood sugar on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and monitoring postprandial blood sugar on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday;
3. The overall blood sugar control is good, and elderly patients who occasionally have hypoglycemia or are prone to hypoglycemia 2-4 times/day
It is recommended to check blood sugar 2-4 times a day, focusing on monitoring fasting blood sugar and pre-meal blood sugar, and adjusting food intake and pre-meal medication (including oral medication or insulin).
According to the medication usage of patients with diabetes:
When blood sugar control reaches target
1. People with diabetes taking insulin injections 2-4 times/day
It is recommended to monitor blood sugar 2-4 times a day, focusing on monitoring blood sugar before going to bed. This can guide people with diabetes to reasonably control the dosage of medicine at night, especially for medium and long-term injections, and whether extra meals are needed to avoid hypoglycemia at night.
2. People with diabetes who are not on insulin treatment: 6 times/week
It is recommended to randomly monitor 6 times a week, focusing on monitoring postprandial blood sugar.
When blood sugar control is not up to standard
1. People with diabetes receiving insulin injection 7 times/day
It is recommended to monitor blood sugar before breakfast, lunch and dinner, after meals (fasting blood sugar before breakfast), and before bedtime, focusing on monitoring blood sugar before bedtime.
2. People with diabetes who are not on insulin treatment: 2-4 times/day
It is recommended to monitor fasting, postprandial, and bedtime blood sugar every day, focusing on monitoring postprandial blood sugar.
By monitoring blood sugar on a daily basis, people with diabetes can better control their own blood sugar changes, which has important guiding significance for exercise, diet and rational use of medications. It can also effectively reduce the risk of diabetes complications and help people with diabetes find problems at any time. Go to the hospital for medical treatment promptly.
Blood sugar is like a naughty child. It changes every moment and is easily affected by diet, exercise, mood and even temperature. It needs to be patiently checked multiple times every day.
And doing a good job in daily blood sugar monitoring can effectively help blood sugar control reach the target.
Benefits of daily monitoring of blood sugar
1. Comprehensively understand the condition
Human blood sugar will be affected by many factors such as diet, exercise, drugs, and emotions. If you only measure blood sugar once in a while, it is like a blind man touching an elephant. You cannot grasp the range of blood sugar fluctuations, and you cannot understand your condition.
2. Develop a reasonable medication, diet, and exercise treatment plan
Blood glucose monitoring data can help doctors better analyze and evaluate diabetes patients' blood sugar fluctuations, pancreatic islet function, treatment effects, etc., and formulate or adjust reasonable medication, diet, and exercise plans.
3. Avoid accidents such as hypoglycemia
Blood sugar monitoring data can help people with diabetes prevent many accidents in advance. For example, when hypoglycemia occurs, sugary foods should be supplemented immediately. High blood sugar may be ketoacidosis and should seek medical treatment immediately.
4. Effectively prevent complications
For people with diabetes, the biggest threat is complications, and the most effective way to prevent complications is self-monitoring of blood sugar. It can help people with diabetes detect their own blood sugar abnormalities early and correct them in time to avoid the occurrence or development of complications.
Studies have shown that reasonable self-monitoring of blood sugar can reduce the risk of death by 51% and the risk of complications such as cardio-cerebral disease, blindness and amputation by 32%.
Monitor blood sugar every day
The official recommendations ("China Clinical Application Guidelines for Blood Glucose Monitoring" 2015 Edition) are as follows:
1. Patients with complications, pregnancy, and 1 diabetes are monitored more frequently than ordinary patients;
2. Patients taking insulin need to monitor their blood sugar more frequently than those taking oral medication;
3. Patients whose blood sugar control does not meet the target are monitored more frequently than those whose blood sugar control reaches the target;
According to blood sugar control:
1. The overall blood sugar level is high 7 times/day
The overall blood sugar level is relatively high. It is recommended to monitor blood sugar before breakfast, lunch and dinner, after meals (fasting blood sugar before breakfast), and before bedtime, focusing on monitoring fasting blood sugar.
2. Overall blood sugar control is very good 6 times/week
The overall blood sugar control is very good. It is recommended to randomly monitor blood sugar 6 times per week, such as monitoring fasting blood sugar on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and monitoring postprandial blood sugar on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday;
3. The overall blood sugar control is good, and elderly patients who occasionally have hypoglycemia or are prone to hypoglycemia 2-4 times/day
It is recommended to check blood sugar 2-4 times a day, focusing on monitoring fasting blood sugar and pre-meal blood sugar, and adjusting food intake and pre-meal medication (including oral medication or insulin).
According to the medication usage of patients with diabetes:
When blood sugar control reaches target
1. People with diabetes taking insulin injections 2-4 times/day
It is recommended to monitor blood sugar 2-4 times a day, focusing on monitoring blood sugar before going to bed. This can guide people with diabetes to reasonably control the dosage of medicine at night, especially for medium and long-term injections, and whether extra meals are needed to avoid hypoglycemia at night.
2. People with diabetes who are not on insulin treatment: 6 times/week
It is recommended to randomly monitor 6 times a week, focusing on monitoring postprandial blood sugar.
When blood sugar control is not up to standard
1. People with diabetes receiving insulin injection 7 times/day
It is recommended to monitor blood sugar before breakfast, lunch and dinner, after meals (fasting blood sugar before breakfast), and before bedtime, focusing on monitoring blood sugar before bedtime.
2. People with diabetes who are not on insulin treatment: 2-4 times/day
It is recommended to monitor fasting, postprandial, and bedtime blood sugar every day, focusing on monitoring postprandial blood sugar.
By monitoring blood sugar on a daily basis, people with diabetes can better control their own blood sugar changes, which has important guiding significance for exercise, diet and rational use of medications. It can also effectively reduce the risk of diabetes complications and help people with diabetes find problems at any time. Go to the hospital for medical treatment promptly.